By day...

If I could write in musical notes....with harmonies, with haunting notes...I would write a song of beauty, of sorrow, of finding joy in the tiniest of moments...I sip my coffee this morning and feel the notes of song dance through my mind...it suits what I have felt as I slept and woke through the night...melodies without words filling soul, repairing spirit...

As I moved to turn a page of the bible my eyes fell on a scripture...and I wept....He knows our hearts, our minds....

'By day the Lord directs His love,

at night His song is with me....

a prayer to the God of my life.' Psalm 42:8

Moving, breathing, smiling, talking, working...all as though through the thickest of mud, pushing each moment into the next...beset by emotion, by no thought or feeling...the pendulum swaying side to side....

Dear hearts...these moments pass, they fade and as we continue to step forward on that rocky path and onto smoother ground we turn and view the darkness just journeyed through...once again amazed by God's goodness, His protection, His comfort...His enduring love for us.

'Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God,

for I will yet praise Him,

My saviour and my God.' Psalm 42:11

I find comfort in Davids writings...the outpouring of his heart and soul...the emotional rollercoaster he endured...the betrayals, the evil and the true....

Yesterday as wildfires begin to wind down, my role changed to the wildfire office and the demobilization of all operations and crews...I met with a new set of seriously professional gentlemen and yet full of sarcasm and humour...thrown into an area new and foreign, my mind challenged and admin skills put to the test I saw Gods hand in each moment...

God directs His love by day...this I have witnessed....the grace and kindness and daily hugs from the Yukon gentleman...the encouraging words of the men working alongside to wrap this season up....the sooty, tired faces smiling as they move through the process whether checking out or continuing on preparing for the next day...

These days I see, feel...know Gods presence in so many things, so many moments...

Take heart dear treasures....there is life, and life more abundant waiting for you...joy does indeed come in the morning....take care of you....have that hot bath, pour that glass of wine...play the tunes that buoy your spirit, that comfort and soothe...sleep, rest...and know you are loved...you are worthy of all that is good and lovely...worthy of all kindness and compassion...cherished and accepted.

Go with God today and each day forward...walk in His love and grace shadowing your steps, lighting your way in the darkest of nights...His hand upon you as you journey through perilous, tortuous territory. Waymaker....miracle worker....light in the darkness....

We can declare and speak our place in this world...

We can walk in the knowledge that we belong...

So today...I go with an expectation of laughter, of love, of kindness...of giving of my heart and soul...I go today and know I am needed, necessary, and worthy.

May you do the same...may you stand today on the rock, on a foundation that will never crumble nor decay...supported, cherished, loved...

God bless your day with miracles big and small....